老歌亂談(1316)Let's Keep It That Way
1978,加拿大女歌手Anne Murray發行了她的第14張錄音室專輯《Let's Keep It That Way》,此專輯在美國鄉村榜奪得第2名,在流行榜亦拿下第12名 ( 為Murray在該專輯榜上之最高排名 ),銷售量超過100萬張,獲得了白金唱片的認證。成績不僅如此,專輯中另釋出的單曲《You Needed Me》,在告示牌熱門百強排行榜榮登冠軍寶座,也為她贏得了一座年度「最佳流行女歌手」的葛萊美獎。
有點奇怪的是,此首與專輯同名的歌曲,理應是主打歌曲,但卻未另發行單曲,或許與女歌手Tanya Tucker錄製在先 ( 收錄於1977發行的專輯中 ) 有關?之後又有多位歌手翻唱,如Juice Newton ( 1979 / # 37 )、法蘭克辛納屈的女兒Nancy Sinatra ( 1980 )、Mac Davis ( 1980 / # 10 )等。歌曲述說的是,一對非情侶的男女,想像是在燈光美、氣氛佳的晚餐場景,忽然感覺到相互吸引 ( 來電啦!),縱使慾火焚身,但為了不欺瞞有負尚在家中的另一半,理智性的就此打住,讓倆人的關係就保持在這樣吧!
Frank & Nancy Sinatra
Anne Murray的聲音可以是鄉村、也可以是流行樂,《環球郵報》評論道:Murray需要一位合適的製作人,一位懂得如何將她那費解的嗓音,優雅的融合在一起,就像Linda Ronstadt那樣,可為歌手帶來滾滾的財源。
There's no need to lie without me half-trying, I could love you
It shows in your eyes that you feel the same way I do
But wherever I go, my conscience goes, what more can I say?
It's only desire, not yet a fire, let's keep it that way
'Cause I don't want to have to tell him a lie when I get back home
'Cause it would tear apart his fairy tale world if I did him wrong
And lying to him would hurt me more than leaving you this way
So before we forget, we're not cheaters yet, let's keep it that way
Let's finish this wine, 'cause I'm not thinking too clearly tonight
And the touch of your hand makes it so hard for me to tell wrong from right
He waits at home and he's there alone and though I'd like to stay
Before I give in, let's call it just friends and keep it that way
'Cause I don't want to have to tell him a lie when I get back home
'Cause it would tear apart his fairy tale world if I did him wrong
And lying to him would hurt me more than leaving you this way
So before we forget, we're not cheaters yet, let's keep it that way
'Cause I don't want to have to tell him a lie when I get back home
'Cause it would tear apart his fairy tale world if I did him wrong